A LIVE INTERACTIVE PUPPET SHOW! Aesop's Fantabulous Fables
based on 15 evaluation(s). - by
Center for Puppetry Arts
2007-08,2008-09,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2012-13 Honorable Mention,2013-14,2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18
Set in Ancient Greece, Aesop’s Fantastical Fables! will tell the story of a servant Aesop and his sidekick Cecil the Lion who share with the audience the stories Aesop has created, using puppets. Aesop tells three classic tales, The Lion and the Mouse, The Boy...
A LIVE, INTERACTIVE PUPPET SHOW! Little Red Hen & the Grain of Wheat
based on 54 evaluation(s). - by
Center for Puppetry Arts
2007-08,2008-09,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2012-13 Honorable Mention,2013-14,2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18
This classic tale comes to life through an interactive performance led by our puppeteer. Colorful hand puppets tell the story of a hen who finds a grain of wheat. She wants to harvest the wheat but none of the other barnyard animals will help her, so she decid...
Africa (Mali)
based on 17 evaluation(s). - by
Center for Puppetry Arts
2007-08,2008-09,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2012-13 Honorable Mention,2013-14,2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18
Students build a Malian Rod Puppet (water spirit) and learn about Malian puppetry. Students also learn characteristics about the continent of Africa (different topography, people and cultures) and Mali itself. This is a great arts and social studies lesson in ...
Anansi the Spider: A West African Folktale
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Center for Puppetry Arts
2007-08,2008-09,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2012-13 Honorable Mention,2013-14,2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18
Students witness the African folktale Anansi as it comes to life with brilliantly colored shadow puppets. The story is narrated and performed by a Center presenter. Following the short performance, students participate in learning activities about West African...
Butterflies
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Center for Puppetry Arts
2007-08,2008-09,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2012-13 Honorable Mention,2013-14,2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18
Each student will construct a Butterfly Marionette while participating in learning activities about the lifecycle of the butterfly, what makes a butterfly an insect, and coloring and camouflage. Video clips and photographs of the different stages in the life o...
Dinosaurs
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Center for Puppetry Arts
2007-08,2008-09,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2012-13 Honorable Mention,2013-14,2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18
Students learn interesting facts about dinosaurs while building a Dinosaur Cup puppet. Learning activities focus on the following: meat eaters vs. plant eaters, ways that dinosaurs moved, and ways that dinosaurs protected themselves. This is a great arts and s...
Discovering Puppetry in Other Cultures
based on 44 evaluation(s). - by
Center for Puppetry Arts
2007-08,2008-09,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2012-13 Honorable Mention,2013-14,2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18
Program format and content are adapted based on participating age group. Students are introduced to other countries and cultures through puppetry. Students learn about puppetry traditions of Mali (Africa), Japan and China (choose 2 countries) with the aid of ...
Discovering Puppetry: CHINA
based on 16 evaluation(s). - by
Center for Puppetry Arts
2007-08,2008-09,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2012-13 Honorable Mention,2013-14,2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18
Visual literacy is a strong focus with this program. Students are introduced to China through it's rich puppetry history. Students view puppets and replicas from the Center's global museum collection with open Q & A and discussion. Short video clips, visual ai...
Exploring Africa:
based on 26 evaluation(s). - by
Center for Puppetry Arts
2007-08,2008-09,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2012-13 Honorable Mention,2013-14,2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18
Students build a Giraffe Rod Puppet while learning about Africa. Students view a Malian Rod Puppet and learn briefly about the art of puppetry in Africa today. We discuss different types of homes, people, environments, and animals of the Savanna-- including p...
Exploring Antarctica
based on 39 evaluation(s). - by
Center for Puppetry Arts
2007-08,2008-09,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2012-13 Honorable Mention,2013-14,2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18
Students will build a Penguin Hand Puppet while learning about Antarctica. The discovery and exploration of the continent, plant and animal life (seals, penguins, whales, and more), and fascinating facts about ice and glaciers (frozen rivers, calving & ice sh...
Gingerbread Boy
based on 374 evaluation(s). - by
Center for Puppetry Arts
2007-08,2008-09,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2012-13 Honorable Mention,2013-14,2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18
Students witness the classic tale of The Gingerbread Boy come to life with brilliantly colored shadow puppets. The story is narrated and performed during the first part of the program. Led by the program presenter, students make their very own Gingerbread Boy ...
Making Healthy Choices
based on 47 evaluation(s). - by
Center for Puppetry Arts
2007-08,2008-09,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2012-13 Honorable Mention,2013-14,2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18
Little Noodle, star of the Center’s original stage production Adventures of Little Noodle, joins the Distance Learning Team as co-host for our program about healthy living, Making Healthy Choices. Little Noodle gets students movin’ and groovin’ through recorde...
Mexico
based on 35 evaluation(s). - by
Center for Puppetry Arts
2007-08,2008-09,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2012-13 Honorable Mention,2013-14,2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18
Students learn about the history and culture of Mexico and its people through the art of the mask. Learning activities center around the
story of the flag of Mexico & ancient Aztec culture, ancient pictographs of indigenous animals
of the New World, and the ...
Native Americans
based on 149 evaluation(s). - by
Center for Puppetry Arts
2007-08,2008-09,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2012-13 Honorable Mention,2013-14,2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18
Learning activities about different Native American cultures will take place while students create their very own Hopi Kachina puppet. Activities focus on three Native American cultures (Eastern Woodlands, Plains, Southwest), the use of natural resources from ...
Puppet Building 101:Jointed Rod Puppets
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Center for Puppetry Arts
2007-08,2008-09,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2012-13 Honorable Mention,2013-14,2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18
Participants will build a working, jointed Bunraku (Japanese rod) style puppet from recycled newspaper, masking tape, and craft sticks! Based on the human figure and human proportions, puppets can be transformed into just about any character.
The extended w...
Spiders
based on 60 evaluation(s). - by
Center for Puppetry Arts
2007-08,2008-09,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2012-13 Honorable Mention,2013-14,2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18
The puppet and learning activities for this program can be modified to suit the participating age group. Students build a Spider Marionette while participating in learning activities about how spiders and insects differ, web vs. wandering spiders, and the life...
Tropical Rain Forest
based on 55 evaluation(s). - by
Center for Puppetry Arts
2007-08,2008-09,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2012-13 Honorable Mention,2013-14,2014-15,2015-16, 2017-18
Student will construct a flying Tropical Bird Rod puppet. They will participate in learning activities about the location of tropical rainforests and their relationship to the equator and tropic lines, various animals found in the rain forest and the different...